Selwyn Lloyd

Selwyn Lloyd (28 July 1904-18 May 1978) was British Foreign Secretary from 22 December 1955 to 27 July 1960 (succeeding Harold Macmillan and preceding Alec Douglas-Home), Chancellor of the Exchequer from 27 July 1960 to 13 July 1962 (succeeding Derick Heathcoat Amory and preceding Reginald Maudling), and Speaker of the House of Commons from 12 January 1971 to 3 February 1976 (succeeding Horace Maybray King and preceding George Thomas).

Biography
Selwyn Lloyd was born in West Kirby, Cheshire, England on 28 July 1904, and he was educated at Fettes and Cambridge. Lloyd was called to the bar in 1930. Initially a UK Liberal Party member, he came to support the Conservative Party on the issue of tariffs and was elected to Parliament in 1945. He was made Foreign Secretary by Anthony Eden in 1955, but the Prime Minister dominated the control of foreign affairs, especially during the 1956 Suez Crisis. Lloyd became Harold Macmillan's right-hand man from 1957, but was axed along with six other Cabinet Members in Macmillan's "Night of the Long Knives" in an attempt to reverse the Conservatives' unpopularity. Unfailingly loyal to the party, he was Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons under Alec Douglas-Home, and later Speaker from 1971 to 1976.